Rickert, Arkansas

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1979. It stands in Marrs Hill Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72753. It lies near Weaver Hill. The Survey maps it on the Wheeler quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Rickert within Washington County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 18 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

1899 USGS Fayetteville quadrangle1:125000
1901 USGS Fayetteville quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
1904 USGS Fayetteville quadrangle1:125000
1954 USGS Tulsa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1958 USGS Tulsa quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1963 USGS Tulsa quadrangle1:250000
1970 USGS Wheeler quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
1979 USGS Fayetteville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

31 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of Rickert (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 246 acres in total. None started naturally. 9 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause	Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	10
Arson/incendiarism	9
Debris and open burning	5
Smoking	3
Equipment and vehicle use	2
Recreation and ceremony	1
Fireworks	1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
5 September 1998	Arson/incendiarism	2.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
15 September 2000	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
11 September 1998	Fireworks	1.0 acres	Ozark-St. Francis National Forests	SHOOTING RANGE
10 September 2004	Arson/incendiarism	4.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
30 August 2000	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
30 August 1999	Smoking	under an acre	Ozark-St. Francis National Forests	WEDINGTON REC
28 August 2000	Equipment and vehicle use	13 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
28 August 2000	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washington County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Rickert (historical): 5 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Washington County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Viney Grove	2.1 miles	18
Jabur (historical)	2.3 miles	18
Rhea	3.5 miles	17
Starks	4.1 miles	18
Wedington Woods	4.3 miles	18
Prairie Grove	4.4 miles	16
Walnut Grove	4.7 miles	18
Savoy	4.7 miles	18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 84314. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.